Release process¶

Example for the 1.4.0 release

1. The branche 1.4 is created from the trunk and the local repo is switched to
2. The VERSION file is updated to "1.4.0"
3. Pre-production deployement : script "tools/tools.erl"
4. Some tests are made on the pre-production version
5. Production deployement : script "tools/tools.erl"
6. Creation of the "1.4.0" tag
7. Switch to the trunk and update of the VERSION file to "1.5.0a", 'a' stand for "alpha".